Claude Opus
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Top-tier reasoning model in the Claude family. Highest intelligence, slower and more expensive than Sonnet.
Release history (7)
- Opus 4.8Current stablestableMay 28, 2026claude-opus-4-8
Current stable Opus.
- Opus 4.7previewJan 22, 2026claude-opus-4-7
Latest preview Opus; 1M context option.
- Opus 4.6stableJan 15, 2026claude-opus-4-6
Current stable Opus at training-cutoff time.
- Opus 4.5stableNov 12, 2025claude-opus-4-5-20251112
Reasoning and tool-use upgrade.
- Opus 4.1deprecatedAug 5, 2025claude-opus-4-1-20250805
Mid-series Opus refinement.
- Opus 4deprecatedMay 22, 2025claude-opus-4-20250514
First of the Claude 4 series.
- Opus 3deprecatedMar 4, 2024claude-3-opus-20240229
Original Opus, the first frontier-tier Claude.
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